Just updated my iPad.

[codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org]

@joeress it's not even law yet, is it? Yeah this is crap

[fenixmaster@mastodon.social]

@TheVampireFishQueen @andypiper @joeress Ask the purchased money back of the iPad and ditch the device. If everyone does, things will change. Can you image to break down the core business of Apple, selling iPads?

[doin@c7.io]

@joeress Fediverse world is better world.

[divverent@social.vivaldi.net]

@geoffl @rusty_shackleford @joeress That one gets even funnier. The only US made routers at all are some Starlink ones.

So basically America banned all ISPs except Musk's.

The billionaire needs _more_...

[ricardoharvin@mstdn.social]

@rusty_shackleford

Such helpful, much not.

[cmdrsprocket@mathstodon.xyz]

@divVerent @geoffl @rusty_shackleford @joeress You cannot even build a grill scrubber solely from US material: https://youtu.be/3ZTGwcHQfLY?is=MmWU179QPZ7miiT7

[jimmylittle@hachyderm.io]

@feoh @joeress This isn't Apple, it's the UK government.

It still sucks.

[menos@todon.eu]

@dch The fruity company has done this for years without any legal requirement whatsoever if you wanted for instance to set up Family Sharing.
@joeress

[ell1e@hachyderm.io]

@jimmylittle @feoh @joeress Sadly, the EU might be trying the same route: https://leminal.space/post/31858818/21120139 in July 2026. Gone under the radar of press outlets, sadly. (Or perhaps I misunderstood, I'm not an EU regulations expert at all.)

[robertmx@mastodon.online]

@iampytest1

Apple has been sidestepping privacy and interoperability regulations for years and now are suddenly quite eager to comply. Really tells you everything you need to know about them.

@RTP @melroy

[xri@kolektiva.social]

@bradthornborrow @joeress plenty of EU countries are pushing for the same shit

[riotnrrd@mastodon.social]

@menos @dch @joeress I don’t think that’s right — certainly it wasn’t the case when I set mine up. Family Sharing does implicitly require the organiser to register a credit card with Apple in order to purchase the content they will be sharing, but it never asked for ID. Also, it is possible to have an Apple Account with no payment method associated with it; it’s just not the default, and not entirely obvious at that, but the reason to have the account is to use the Store…

[baoigheallain@mastodon.ie]

@joeress This is a new requirement in the UK which Apple have popped into the latest update without forewarning.

Luckily (!) for me, as I've had an Apple account since forever, they were willing to accept I am probably over 18 without the credit card info.

[mttn@mastodon.social]

@feoh @joeress Nothing to do with Apple this time, it's the British government. It's the same government that tried to forbid Apple to do stronger encryption for data on Apple accounts around a year ago.
Your comment to me is proof that haters are gonna hate no matter what, you didn't even bother to inform yourself before commenting.

[haroon@mastodon.social]

@joeress reminds me when facebook used to randomly lock your account and then ask for government ID as a proof of identity. Don't know if they still do this. Haven't used the spyware in almost a decade.

[f4grx@chaos.social]

@mttn @feoh @joeress it's the british gov but it's apple that implemented it.

[revk@toot.me.uk]

@joeress Would be nice if they said exactly which law.